That's not a comet. Below the Pleiades is actually a planet: Mercury. Long exposures reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury's thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun. [📸 Sebastian Voltmer]

Adapting to the environment

The skeleton of a king cobra

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The president of 2056 probably reading this post right now.

If you are a chicken nuggets lover then you are a regular consumer of dimethylpolysiloxane, also known as silicone oil.

some of you guys have forgotten why we’re here

Steven Phillips spent 24 years in a Texas prison for crimes he didn’t commit and was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2008. He received $6 million in compensation. His ex-wife sued for a share, but in 2014, the court ruled the money was for personal injury and solely his.

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~ Malcolm X